java developer for banking products

Cognizant provides IT services, IT consulting, and business consulting and services. The team develops secure microservices that support critical banking branch account setup, maintenance, and closure workflows.

• Design and develop resilient backend services using modern Java frameworks, Kotlin, and SQL;
• Create secure microservices that enhance operational efficiency, reduce risk, and improve customer experiences;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions aligned with enterprise standards;
• Mentor peers.

• Strong professional Kotlin and Java development experience;
• Strong knowledge of microservice architectures;
• Deep proficiency in Spring Framework, especially Spring Boot, Spring Kafka, and Spring Data JPA / JDBC;
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines;
• Experience designing event-driven architectures with Kafka;
• Proficiency in relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle and SQL optimization;
• Mastery of object-oriented design principles and design patterns;
• Experience building extensible, pluggable frameworks, not just applications;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to translate business migration requirements into technical abstractions;
• Excellent communication skills for articulating architectural trade-offs;
• Experience working in cross-functional teams with data engineers, DBAs, SREs, and product owners;
• Nice to have: knowledge of data pipeline anti-patterns, observability with SLF4J/Logback, Micrometer/Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry/Jaeger, data governance concepts including lineage, audit trails, and reconciliation, cloud-native batch processing with AWS Batch, GCP Dataflow, or Azure Batch.

• Competitive salary aligned with Manager Level grade;
• Access to Skillspring & Cognizant Academy;
• NS Business Card for public transport;
• 25 Paid holidays per year;
• Laptop and smartphone provided;
• Pension scheme;
• International, tech-driven work environment.